USS Doyle (DMS-34)

History
United States
Name	Doyle
Namesake	Richard Doyle
Builder	Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation
Laid down	26 May 1941
Launched	17 March 1942
Commissioned	27 January 1943
Identification	DD-494
History
Reclassified	DMS-34, 23 June 1945
Decommissioned	19 May 1955
Stricken	1 December 1970
Fate	Sold 6 October 1972 and; broken up for scrap;
General characteristics
Class and type	Gleaves-class destroyer
Displacement	1,630 tons
Length	348 ft 3 in (106.15 m)
Beam	36 ft 1 in (11.00 m)
Draft	11 ft 10 in (3.61 m)
Propulsion	50,000 shp (37,000 kW); 4 boilers; 2 propellers;
Speed	37.4 knots (69 km/h)
Range	6,500 nautical miles (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	16 officers, 260 enlisted
Armament	5 × 5 in (127 mm)/ 38 cal dual purpose guns; 6 × 0.50 in (12.7 mm) guns; 6 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannons; 10 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes, ; 2 × depth charge tracks;

USS Doyle (DD-494/DMS-34), was a Gleaves-class destroyer of the United States Navy.

History

United States
Name	Doyle
Namesake	Richard Doyle
Builder	Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation
Laid down	26 May 1941
Launched	17 March 1942
Commissioned	27 January 1943
Identification	DD-494
History
Reclassified	DMS-34, 23 June 1945
Decommissioned	19 May 1955
Stricken	1 December 1970
Fate	Sold 6 October 1972 and broken up for scrap
General characteristics
Class and type	Gleaves-class destroyer
Displacement	1,630 tons
Length	348 ft 3 in (106.15 m)
Beam	36 ft 1 in (11.00 m)
Draft	11 ft 10 in (3.61 m)
Propulsion	50,000 shp (37,000 kW) 4 boilers 2 propellers
Speed	37.4 knots (69 km/h)
Range	6,500 nautical miles (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	16 officers, 260 enlisted
Armament	5 × 5 in (127 mm)/ 38 cal dual purpose guns 6 × 0.50 in (12.7 mm) guns 6 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannons 10 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes, 2 × depth charge tracks